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The Fed was watching closely Tuesday when the new report card on inflation was released. The Fed's efforts to combat inflation have been complicated by recent stresses in the banking industry.

Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee, Powell warned the central bank may have to raise interest rates even more, sending stock markets sharply lower.

Early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff between Republican Herschel Walker and incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock is underway. It follows a fight over when early voting could take place.

According to a new report, the number of people subject to forced labor or marriage or trafficking has increased substantially since 2016, with the majority of forced labor cases in rich countries.

NPR's A Martinez talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the Federal Reserve's plans to approve another rate hike this week. The European Central Bank is preparing to do the same.

Daily mass testing was ordered in the city of Zhengzhou in what the local government called a "war of annihilation" against the virus.

In 1994, Congress passed the most significant crime-fighting legislation in a generation. Now, policymakers are dialing back Clinton's tough-on-crime policies.

New evidence shows bempedoic acid works to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attacks, without the muscle pain that some people suffer when taking statins.

New consumer prices data for March show that inflation has fallen from a four-decade high last summer, but prices are still climbing faster than the Federal Reserve would like.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dana Thompson Dorsey of the University of South Florida about the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.